buer | e212e5bc428a0bca4615205f07c10d4e57dc881a2f32a9b8aeec040169435aa1

General

Target

DocumentPreview.exe
Size

146KB
MD5

db3c2530d727bac602e6c41cb3e60562
SHA1

0d62d5a5fba84c1e826591f27892466a1cd59257
SHA256

e212e5bc428a0bca4615205f07c10d4e57dc881a2f32a9b8aeec040169435aa1
SHA512

03e25d32a262c88ec2cf9303b7835da93b321a1d2a092531c96df8d95065944250f63c075792ca72b6d2a12d60c492782ba516712fbca0bf3b0239477b6b06e8

Score

10^/10

buer loader persistence

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

buer

C2

https://162.244.81.87/

http://162.244.81.87:8080/

Signatures

Buer
Buer is a new modular loader first seen in August 2019.
loader buer

Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell = "explorer.exe, \"C:\\ProgramData\\563b2a5942b492d3dbe0\\gennt.exe\""	gennt.exe

Buer Loader 1 IoCs

Detects Buer loader in memory or disk.

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1496-0-0x0000000000030000-0x000000000003C000-memory.dmp	buer

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1904	gennt.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1904	gennt.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1496	DocumentPreview.exe

Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 24 IoCs

Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
File opened (read-only)	\??\B:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\F:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\G:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\K:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\P:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\S:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\W:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\A:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\H:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\N:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\R:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\T:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\U:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\V:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\X:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\E:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Y:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\L:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\M:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\O:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Z:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\I:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\Q:	gennt.exe
File opened (read-only)	\??\J:	gennt.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
1876	1812	WerFault.exe	29

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs

pid	Process
1876	WerFault.exe
1876	WerFault.exe
1876	WerFault.exe
1876	WerFault.exe
1904	gennt.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1876	WerFault.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 1904	1496	DocumentPreview.exe	27
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 1904	1496	DocumentPreview.exe	27
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 1904	1496	DocumentPreview.exe	27
PID 1496 wrote to memory of 1904	1496	DocumentPreview.exe	27
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 1812	1904	gennt.exe	29
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 1812	1904	gennt.exe	29
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 1812	1904	gennt.exe	29
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 1812	1904	gennt.exe	29
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 1812	1904	gennt.exe	29
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 1812	1904	gennt.exe	29
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 1812	1904	gennt.exe	29
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 1812	1904	gennt.exe	29
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 1812	1904	gennt.exe	29
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 1812	1904	gennt.exe	29
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 1812	1904	gennt.exe	29
PID 1812 wrote to memory of 1876	1812	secinit.exe	30
PID 1812 wrote to memory of 1876	1812	secinit.exe	30
PID 1812 wrote to memory of 1876	1812	secinit.exe	30
PID 1812 wrote to memory of 1876	1812	secinit.exe	30
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 1584	1904	gennt.exe	31
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 1584	1904	gennt.exe	31
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 1584	1904	gennt.exe	31
PID 1904 wrote to memory of 1584	1904	gennt.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DocumentPreview.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DocumentPreview.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1496
- C:\ProgramData\563b2a5942b492d3dbe0\gennt.exe
  C:\ProgramData\563b2a5942b492d3dbe0\gennt.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DocumentPreview.exe" ensgJJ
  2⤵
  - Modifies WinLogon for persistence
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Deletes itself
  - Enumerates connected drives
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1904
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\secinit.exe
    C:\ProgramData\563b2a5942b492d3dbe0\gennt.exe
    3⤵
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1812
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1812 -s 160
      4⤵
      Program crash
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1876
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" powershell.exe -Command "& {Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:\ProgramData\563b2a5942b492d3dbe0}"
    3⤵
    PID:1584

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

1

T1004

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

Query Registry

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/1496-0-0x0000000000030000-0x000000000003C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
48KB

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memory/1876-8-0x0000000001D30000-0x0000000001D41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/1876-11-0x00000000024E0000-0x00000000024F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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